The Taliban already control 2/3 of Afghanistan. This is their country. They are the tribal leaders of their areas. Take them out and some other tribal leader will emerge, maybe by a different name but probably the same principles, extremely conservative Islam.
There never was a mission in Afghanistan except to take out OBL and this is accomplished. We cannot kill everyone in the whole country because we don’t like how they organize themselves.
Afghanistan has always been a collection of tribal fiefdoms, not a central government as we know it. We can’t force our ideas of nationhood (not to mention democracy etc) on them. It is a fools errand
How many more of our people have to die or be maimed for life fighting their tribal and religious battles for them?
Exactly. Sending U.S. troops to occupy Afghanistan is like giving iPhones to aboriginal tribes in South America.
“We cannot kill everyone in the whole country because we don’t like how they organize themselves.”
Sure we can.
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